The sequencing problem requires coordination between the U.S., China, and Korea to pressure meaningful steps from Kim.

The trip will be Mattis' first to China as U.S. secretary of defense.

National security-motivated efforts to limit foreign investment in the United States may have negative consequences.

The summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un was historic, but far from the "epochal" event claimed by both leaders.

The core of the summit agreement is an exchange of U.S. security guarantees in exchange for a North Korean commitment to "complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."

The meeting would be the highest-level official U.S.-North Korea encounter since 2000.

There's much continuity at the core of the Trump administration's Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy, but what's next?

John Bolton could unleash and enable Trump's worst instincts on foreign policy.

In Mike Pompeo, Donald Trump has the enabler for his multifaceted China policy.

Ashraf Ghani's offer to the Taliban has been repudiated. The problem remains across the border, in Pakistan.

As tensions grow, the United States and China must maneuver to avert conflict.

Will a shift in the U.S.-Pakistan relationship affect India-Pakistan relations and Kashmir?

The Trump administration can't make up its mind on China.

A narrative of power, without persuasion

Will Trump succeed where previous U.S. presidents have failed?

What’s going on at the Department of State and what impact will it have on U.S. diplomacy towards the Indo-Pacific?